MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

As political pundits weigh the prospect of a federal government shutdown at the end of Friday, a spokeswoman for the federal courts says even if the rest of government closes, courts will keep running as normal — at least for a while.

As political pundits weigh the prospect of a federal government shutdown at the end of Friday, a spokeswoman for the federal courts says even if the rest of government closes, courts will keep running as normal — at least for a while.

The family of Adrienne Martin filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against August Busch IV. Martin, 27, died in December at the home of Busch, whom she had been dating.

A federal lawsuit over losses in an investment scheme has been broadened to include Missouri Bar President-Elect Lynn Ann Vogel, her attorney husband, Paul Vogel, the law firms of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne and Helfrey Neiers & Jones and many other defendants.

A man bought some potting soil, took it home, reached into the bag and — a copperhead snake bit his finger.

A new lawsuit filed by St. Louis police officers seeks to stop a measure to shift control of metropolitan police forces, including the Kansas City Police Department.

A St. Louis-area lawyer accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients’ accounts has been indicted. Federal prosecutors have charged Steven P. Gartenberg with three counts of mail fraud. He practiced at the Gartenberg Law Firm in Brentwood, but the Missouri Supreme Court suspended his law license last March.

An investor who sued lawyer Martin Sigillito after losing millions of dollars in an investment scheme now has moved to also sue another St. Louis-area attorney: Paul Vogel.

An investor who sued lawyer Martin Sigillito after losing millions of dollars in an investment scheme now has moved to also sue another St. Louis-area attorney: Paul Vogel.

Tagged with: Lynn Ann Vogel Martin Sigillito Paul Vogel Phillip Rosemann racketeering Sebastian Rucci

A measure to assert Missouri sovereignty from the federal government got an airing and a vote of confidence Tuesday in a House committee. The proposed constitutional amendment by Rep. Paul Curtman would declare that Missouri shall not enforce federal laws, judicial rulings or other actions that go beyond the U.S. government’s limited powers.

A man injured after a tube of straw fell off a truck in front of him on a highway won $450,000 from a federal jury in St. Louis.

Paul Del Grosso and his wife, Esther Del Grosso, sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., their carrier, after the September 2009 crash on U.S. Highway 40.